Interesting - thanks for this. So is it fair to assume that the JVM is ok with reading URL resources that are zipped in a jar. I also assume to have an actual non-zipped version of the resource I need to copy the file from inside the zipped jar to an external path in my file system?
Sam --- http://sam.aaron.name On 5 Nov 2011, at 14:03, Ben Smith-Mannschott wrote: > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 14:42, Sam Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> consider there exists foo.jar on Clojars which contains a bunch of asset >> files i.e. png images. If I were to declare foo as one of my project's >> dependencies, is it possible to get access to those asset files? I >> essentially want a path to a non-zipped version of each asset. > > These kinds of assets are known as "resources" in java parlance. A > resource is named by a path relative to an entry in the classpath. > Declaring foo as a dependency will place it in the classpath. The name > of the resource will therefore be the path of the asset within > foo.jar. > > Give clojure.java.io/resource [1] that name, and it will return a URL. > > Pass that URL to clojure.java.io/input-stream [2] to open the resource > for reading. > > [1] > http://clojure.github.com/clojure/clojure.java.io-api.html#clojure.java.io/resource > > [2] > http://clojure.github.com/clojure/clojure.java.io-api.html#clojure.java.io/input-stream > > hth, > Ben > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
